2917.04
Failure to disperse.

(A)
Where five
or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct in
violation of section
2917.11 of the Revised Code, and
there are other persons in the vicinity whose presence creates the likelihood
of physical harm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience,
annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may
order the participants and such other persons to disperse. No person shall
knowingly fail to obey such order.

(B)
Nothing in this section requires persons
to disperse who are peaceably assembled for a lawful purpose.

(2)
Except as otherwise provided in division
(C)(3) of this section, failure to disperse is a minor misdemeanor.

(3)
Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor of
the fourth degree if the failure to obey the order described in division (A) of
this section creates the likelihood of physical harm to persons or is committed
at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.